 | 1833 - 1034 pages
...breast to be Borne like thy bubbles onward— From a boy, I wantoned with thy breakers. They to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror, 'twas a childish fear ; For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1834 - 228 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers. They to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billow far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane." After the tornado had swept along, the cry was... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pages
...breakers': they to me' Were a delight*; and if the freshening sea' Made them a terrour', 'twas a pleating fear', For I was', as it were',* a child of thee',...And laid my hand upon thy mane' — as I do here'. My task is done' — my song hath ceased'— my theme' Has died into an echo': it is fit' The spell... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward ; — from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and abuse of amusements. — ALISON. IT were unjust and ungrateful to conceive... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward ; — from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them...thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. LESSON CXXXII. On the use and abuse of amusements. — ALISON. IT were unjust... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. (1) [This passage would, perhaps, be read without emotion, if we did not know that Lord Byron was here... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...breakers—they to me Were a delight; asd if the freshening sea Made them a terror—'twas a pleasing fear, For 1 was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane—as I do here. CXIX. THE THUNDER STORM.—Montgomery. Oh for evening's brownest shade; Where... | |
 | 1836 - 418 pages
...breast tobe Borne, like its bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantou'J with its breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear." The sailor's life was my " beau ideal" of happiness. As I grew older time strengthened rather than... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy 1 wantou'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them...near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. CLXXXV. My task is done (2) — my song hath ceased — my Has died into an echo; it is fit [theme... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...hreast to he Borne, like th,y huhhles, onward : from a hoy I wanton'd with thy hreakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them...was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy hillows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. 1 f" This passage would, perhaps,... | |
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And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing... 
